Marlos E'van

Tongues Untied (RIP Marlan Riggs)

2020

$1,200

About

Nashville based artist, Marlos E’van received their BFA from Watkins College of Art, Design, and Film in 2016. From street art to canvases; from performance art to film-making, E’van interweaves different mediums such as painting, performance, and filmmaking to create worlds in which their art lives and has caught recognition from such publications such as Hyperallergic and Native Magazine. In addition to their work as an artist, E’van cofounded/co-designs M-SPAR, McGruder Social Practice Artist Residency out of the McGruder Center in North Nashville.
Artist Statement:
My work is a statement of the harsh, often self-contradictory ideologies on which America is built. I am interested in how dystopian landscapes speak to long standing American social problems. Using found materials, obsessive mark making, text, and hyperbole, I hope that my work encourages dialogue among different classes of people. From athletes to historical figures, from cars to fast food, I use symbols to cross-examine stereotypes and institutions that perpetuate inequalities. Consumerism offers us both practical and impermanent symbols in our lives that, in some ways, have become standards of Western civilization. By changing the context of these symbols, I hope to transform them into instruments of meaningful reflection/understanding.